March 26 (The Sports Xchange) - Right-hander Stephen Strasburg will get the Opening Day start for the Washington Nationals, manager Dusty Baker announced Sunday.
Washington opens the season on April 3 at Nationals Park against the Miami Marlins.
It will be the 28-year-old Strasburg's fourth Opening Day start but his first since 2014. In his previous Opening Day starts, he struck out 18 in 20 innings while leading the Nationals to wins in all three games.
Right-hander Max Scherzer was the Nationals' Opening Day starter the previous two seasons but the reigning National League Cy Young Award winner missed time this spring because of a stress fracture in his right ring finger.